Notices by Martin Holland (mho@social.heise.de)

I have found 20 news orgs in the #Fediverse thanks to #Ghost:

@feed@404media.co (404 Media)
@tangle_news (Readtangle)
@team (Kinoki)
@index@urbanandcity.com (Urbanandcity)
@feed@leicester.news (Leicester News)
@index@socialmediawatchblog.de (SMWB)
@feed@platformer.news (Platformer)
@index@levernews.com (Lever News)
@index@thebrowser.com (The Browser)
@index@roscoenews.com (Roscoe News)
@index@mag7.fr (Mag7)
@index@thespillmag.com (The Spillmag)
@index@howfenjournal.co.uk (Howfen Journal)
@index@newbostonpost.com (New Boston Post)
@index@hawkesburygazette.com (Hawkesbury Gazette)
@index@evangelical-times.org (Evangelical Times)
@index@magasinetroest.dk (Magasine Troest)
@index@aretenews.com (Arete News)
@index@malayalamtribune.com (Malayalam Tribune)
@index@verdelehti.fi (Verdelehti)

When a video from #Peertube appears in my feed here in #Mastodon, it only shows the title and the URL, nothing more. This is not really helpful.

Would it be possible, that Mastodon shows something like the first 300 characters from the description (500 characters minus 120 for the peertube title and the URL), @renchap?

Seems like Peertube doesn't see it as their problem:
https://ideas.joinpeertube.org/posts/112/mastodon-compatible-release-post

@tchambers

Your points are absolutely valid, and I would certainly hope, that somebody finds the time to implement your suggestions. Very nice to know, that Mastodon is already at some.

The thing is, I think right now, #Bluesky is just hotter than #Mastodon & the #Fediverse. But that will change again, and it would be really great, when this stuff is fixed by the time an new wave of incoming people arrives. If we like it or not, many people were thrown away by exactly what you're describing.

@tchambers

What you were just touching a bit, but what is maybe also more important, than many think: The lingo is not helping. (And certainly not the people, who are always quick to correct anyone not using it 100% correctly 😉)

@tchambers

Great read, thanks for thinking this through and writing it up!

Well, now also in English:
As far as I know, @heiseonline is now the (EDIT:) third media organization with it's own instance on #Peertube to share #videos directly in the #Fediverse.

The first channel to look out for is @ct_3003, but there are more to come.

I hope, we're only the beginning, so let's spread the word!

#SocialMedia

My collection of verified accounts of news organizations, that can be followed from #Mastodon (& anywhere else in the #Fediverse) contains now:

564 federated by @Flipboard
404 on @Mastodon
45 federated by @threads
20 bridged thanks to @snarfed.org
3 federated by @index (#Ghost)
1 on @peertube &
1 on @sharkey

https://fingolas.eu/fediverse/overview.html

Who's missing?

#SocialMedia #News #Press #Media #Threads #BridgyFed #Peertube #Sharkey #Bluesky #Flipboard

And it is done 🎉
(although still not that pretty 🙈):

Here is the always up-to-date sheet with more than 1000 official accounts by media organizations that you can follow from #Mastodon & everywhere else in the #Fediverse.

➡️ https://fingolas.eu/fediverse/overview.html

There is a powerful custom search (top left) and a button to download an CSV with the handles of all visible accounts, that you can import. There's also the language, the country of origin and a direct link.

#SocialMedia #News #Threads #BridgyFed

Noch auf der Suche nach #News und offiziellen Accounts von Medien hier auf #Mastodon und im #Fediverse?

Meine immer aktuelle Tabelle enthält jetzt nicht nur Accounts auf Mastodon und anderen Fediverse-Diensten, sondern auch welche auf #Flipboard, #Threads und #Bluesky – allesamt von hier abrufbar.
Insgesamt sind es jetzt 942.
➡️ https://fingolas.eu/fediverse/overview.html

(hinter dem "Custom Search Builder" links darüber gibt's eine mächtige Suche)

#SocialMedia #Media

Here again the link for sharing:

➡️ https://fingolas.eu/fediverse/overview.html

A big spreadsheed with > 900 verified accounts of media organizations in the #Fediverse (from #Mastodon, #Flipboard and #Threads). I'm already working on adding #Bluesky, #Sharkey, #Peertube and all of the #Fediverse.

#SocialMedia #News #Media

Loading takes a while, so be patient.
I also added two graphs, that I built with #DataWrapper.

Sorting by "Last Status" seems to not work totally right, and I really don't want to know, how it looks on mobile (yet) 😉
There is a search box, that works really nice.
Any suggestions, comments, help and ideas are welcome. But please keep in mind, this is something, I'm working on in my free time – of which there is even less, now that my sons are older.

I did it! Although it's still very rough & really not pretty, I got my spreadsheet with (> 900) verified accounts of media organizations in the #Fediverse away from #Google. The solution was #DataTables all along 👇🏼

➡️ https://fingolas.eu/fediverse/overview.html

Now I have to make it pretty (and correct some mistakes), but maybe someone can help me there? For example I know, that you can filter in #DataTables, but I couldn't get it working. Ideas?

My file is on GitHub (did I do it right?):
https://github.com/fingolas23/AccountsOverview/blob/main/overview.html

What is the biggest account in the #Fediverse, that's not on #Mastodon? If you count follower from the Fediverse only.

Any idea?

#SocialMedia #Decentralization

Let's try it again: This post from #Mastodon can reach the whole #Fediverse, #Bluesky & more. That's #Sharkey, #Pixelfed (hence the pic), #Mbin, #Lemmy, #Friendica, #Hometown, #Akkoma... How far can it go?

#SocialMedia

Edit: The results are in 👇

I don't really have an explanation, the #CES is over, and everything should be back to "normal". But I like it, of course!
#Flipboard was also bigger again, that's why "the #Fediverse" (meaning for me #Mastodon, #Bluesky and @Flipboard) are on par with #Facebook 🤭
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Because it looks so impressive, let me again add together #Mastodon, #Bluesky and #Threads as Twitter alternatives: They're now bringing in more than #Twitter has in more than a year (even before we stopped posting over there).
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Well, this is interesting: For two weeks now, #Mastodon is bringing noticeably more traffic to @heiseonline. #Bluesky is also growing again, and even #Threads bringing in more than ever before.
The #TwitterAlternatives are reaching new heights.
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#SocialMedia #Fediverse

After some German unions yesterday, more than 60 (!!) German universities left #X/#Twitter today. Some are already active on #Mastodon. They justified this with their commitment to fact-based communication and against antidemocratic forces. Values that promote diversity, freedom and science aren't present over there, they say. 👏🏻

#TwitterMigration #eXit #Xodus #ElonMusk #NoAfD #SocialMedia

https://nachrichten.idw-online.de/2025/01/10/hochschulen-und-forschungsinstitutionen-verlassen-plattform-x-gemeinsam-fuer-vielfalt-freiheit-und-wissenschaft

@nemobis

#Bluesky was too small until the US-election, even in Germany. But now its way bigger and feels much more active

2024 is ending, time for a last look at the #traffic to @heiseonline via X/ #Twitter and its alternatives.

#Mastodon was very stable, which made it the biggest source by the end of the year. #Bluesky grew significantly at the end and is now clearly in second place. #X fell the whole year, and our departure (from posting there) just accelerated that. But #Threads (where we can't post automatically) is still far behind.

#SocialMedia #TwitterMigration #MastodonMigration #eXit #Xodus

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